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re: Boat sinks along MS coast! Does anyone here know Easton Barrett?
Posted on 6/13/24 at 9:32 pm to Ol boy
Posted on 6/13/24 at 9:32 pm to Ol boy
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So your saying after experiencing a sinking that you would willingly sink the boat or go along with your buddy who wanted to sink the boat purposefully in a situation that would put you in the water at drift for hours??!
Nope. Not at all.
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There’s way easier ways to make a claim
Indeed there are.
For the record, I'm not saying that's what happened here, but the story sounded odd to me when I heard the initial reports.
It still seems odd to me!
The post from the Coastie on THT (linked earlier in this thread, thanks Sea Hoss) answered some questions, but others remain.
This post was edited on 6/13/24 at 9:34 pm
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Posted on 6/13/24 at 10:11 pm to WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot
Oh, FFS let it go.
Nothing about it seems like an insurance job. You sound like someone who's been on a boat one time years ago and now think you know it all.
It was a crappy comment for you to make in the first place, so just let it go.
Nothing about it seems like an insurance job. You sound like someone who's been on a boat one time years ago and now think you know it all.
It was a crappy comment for you to make in the first place, so just let it go.
Posted on 6/13/24 at 10:38 pm to Contender54
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You sound like someone who's been on a boat one time years ago and now think you know it all.
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let it go.
sure thing, Chief
Posted on 6/14/24 at 7:53 am to CP3
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My guess is broken livewell fitting between thru hull and pump. If it’s cheap plastic like most cheap/old boat, it’s gonna break eventually and when it does it’s just gonna keep pouring water into boat
My guess is this^^^
Many years ago I had a washdown pump blow the screen off while running to the tank farms of Ft. Morgan from OBA. I didn't realize any water was coming in until my first stop 26 miles out. When I stopped I realized we were sitting low in the water so I opened the hatch and had water all the way to the bottom of the deck. Batteries were submerged by at least 2 feet of water, needless to say I freaked out and ran to get the engines running. They cranked and we started heading towards land, it wasn't till we had bailed enough water out that I could see the screen blew off and I was constantly pumping 1100 gph straight into the boat. That was closest I've ever been to calling a Mayday.
ETA: I did not see what brand of boat it was but it could also be a delamination issue.
This post was edited on 6/14/24 at 7:56 am
Posted on 6/14/24 at 8:59 am to CP3
quote:Exactly what happened to me 2 years ago. 20 miles out headed in, noticed the bilge pump in my stb sponson was coming on for 5-10 seconds, then shutting off for a few seconds and repeating that. After about 5 cycles I started planning for catastrophe. Had no one capable of watching the wheel for me to investigate (wife, kids, MIL). So as long as that pump kept cycling I kept rolling towards the beach as I didn't want to risk being swamped in deep water and have my kids floating in the Gulf...made it to shallow inland came off plane where I knew I could beach the boat to prevent full sinking, popped open the motorwell plate and sure as shite, livewell pump broke off the thru-hull and was flooding in through the highspeed pickup. Closed the seacock and continued to the ramp.
My guess is broken livewell fitting between thru hull and pump. If it’s cheap plastic like most cheap/old boat, it’s gonna break eventually and when it does it’s just gonna keep pouring water into boat
This is a reminder to exercise your seacocks!! It was fairly difficult in that tight space to close the cruddy valve.
Also, you'd be surprised how hard it is to find a BRONZE nipple to replace that broken one. Tons of brass ones around, but didnt want that (corrosion of dissimilar metals) or another plastic one that will crack again...
Posted on 6/14/24 at 9:01 am to SloaneRanger
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What percentage of people boating offshore have an EPIRB?
I don't, but I definitely need to invest in one.
Posted on 6/14/24 at 9:03 am to Antib551
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This is a reminder to exercise your seacocks!!
Oh, I exercise my seacock on the reg.
Posted on 6/14/24 at 9:03 am to Sea Hoss
As someone who was on a boat that turtled when owner didn't put in the plug, i can say it takes less than 20 min for 25' hydrosink err hydrosport to roll over. We were tied to st 128, climbed up on rig and chevron took us to manned St 151 platform and then flew us to fourchon, many thx chevron. It doesn't take long and when things go bad they go bad quick
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